Aletheia Christian Academy is 2-8 against Pensacola Christian Academy since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Aletheia Christian Academy Lions will look to defend their home field against the Pensacola Christian Academy Warriors at 4:00 p.m. Aletheia Christian Academy will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Aletheia Christian Academy stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Atmore Christian 16-4. 16 seems to be a good number for Aletheia Christian Academy as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ben Alumbaugh was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Britain Wheeler was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Pensacola Christian Academy fell victim to a tough 17-1 loss at the hands of Central on Thursday.
Pensacola Christian Academy saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Micah Wright, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Aletheia Christian Academy pushed their record up to 9-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 18.0 runs per game. As for Pensacola Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Aletheia Christian Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Pensacola Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Aletheia Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Pensacola Christian Academy when the teams last played last Tuesday, sneaking past 4-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pensacola Christian Academy's Tradley Thompson, who struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Aletheia Christian Academy still be able to contain Thompson? There's only one way to find out.
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